The film festival in this world is very similar to the world Lu Ban originally lived in.

Most of the three major European film festivals are held in the summer each year, and several important annual film awards are held in the spring of March and April. In the fall, smaller domestic film festivals such as the Jiangcheng Film Festival also come to an end. After October, film exhibitions and film festivals enter the off-season.

The closest and largest one is the Miskatoc Film Festival in North America, located in Massachusetts. It mainly awards science fiction and fantasy films, and the awards are held before Christmas in December every year.

But the application process for this film festival has already ended, and Lu Ban doesn't need to add money to get in at the last minute. Moreover, the bigger the film festival, the better the works on display, and the lower the chance of winning, which is not conducive to Lu Ban's professional mission.

A film festival that is too small, such as the Chenghua Avenue Film Festival, may not meet the positioning of a popular film festival and may not even have any awards.

Lu Ban looked up information and quickly found a suitable film festival, the Yannan University Student Film Festival.

Yannan is the capital and a place where people gather. The Yannan College Student Film Festival is held in November every year. It is the only film selection for college students in the country. In addition to young directors and actors, there are also awards for works by current students to encourage college students to join the film industry.

This film festival also has public judges, that is, college students. In addition to academic awards, such as Best Actor, Best Actor, Best Director and the like, there are also Popularity Awards. Lu Ban feels that even if he cannot win the Best Actor award, he should at least be able to pick up a Popularity Award such as the Most Popular Film Award, which makes him very suitable to participate in this film festival!

More importantly, due to the timeliness of college students' works, the deadline for submission of works for this film festival is quite late. By the end of October, Lu Ban had plenty of time to sign up.

Some people may say, Lu Ban, you are already successful and have so many excellent works, but you still want to compete with college students. Do you have any shame?

Regarding this, Lu Ban wanted to clarify something.

College students are also human beings and future film practitioners. Spielberg was able to make his own movies when he was in elementary school, not to mention the many young people who become UP hosts in high school and start their own businesses in college.

So, don't look down on college students, uncle.

It is the right of college students to be able to compete on the same track with outstanding young directors like Lu Ban!

Sacred and inalienable!

"But this episode's lineup seems pretty impressive?"

Lu Ban took a look at the works currently on display. He should be more likely to compete in the young director category. Young here refers to directors under the age of 30. After all, making a movie is a complicated job. It is rare to be a director before the age of 30 and make a movie of your own.

Moreover, most young directors shoot literary films, mainly showing the urban life of modern young people. It is not because everyone is literary, but mainly because such films have low costs, classmates around them can act as actors, and their own homes can be used as set designs. As for suspenseful, brain-burning, or science fiction and fantasy films, the cost is too high and college students cannot afford them.

In this film festival, there are several films directed by young directors that have received a lot of attention. For example, there is a film called "The Past is Like Smoke" which talks about love in college years, a film called "College Entrance Examination! College Entrance Examination! College Entrance Examination!" which talks about the conflicts in the families of high school students, and a film called "Spring Night is Short" which talks about the troubles of college students who have just graduated and entered the society. In short, they are all emotional, realistic and urban.

"My movies, if you round it off, are also urban!"

Lu Ban thought.

He made up his mind, made a phone call to inquire about the situation, and after receiving the reply that he could still apply to participate, he immediately started making the film.

This time he had to make a 90-minute movie. Considering Lu Ban's own exploration time, expanding it to 90 minutes seemed a bit empty.

He decided to look at the material first.

Lu Ban opened the folder marked [Crying] in the computer and saw that it was divided into categories, with his own adventure process opened from various angles and in various ways. It also included some third-person and first-person perspectives. For example, there was a shot of Lu Ban moving in the corridor from the ward, which was very immersive.

In addition, there are some archives of Nanhua Private Renji Hospital, which contain far more detailed records than those that Song Yunyan took over.

In addition, Lu Ban also saw the materials of the missing workers and even the video records of the events recorded in the memos. It seems that this incident lasted for a long time. Judging from the time span of the materials alone, it has exceeded all of Lu Ban's previous ones.

"It will be easier this way. The foreshadowing from the early stages can also be incorporated to form a complete story."

Most of Lu Ban’s previous videos were incoherent and focused more on creating an atmosphere and scene.

But this time, Lu Ban can tell the story from beginning to end.

He picked up the tablet and began to organize the timeline, deciding which parts to present.

For example, if a worker goes missing, it can be handled in the form of a surveillance camera, which makes it more realistic, and the audience cannot see the worker's appearance clearly.

Then in the file, you can directly use the video material to process it to get a series of images to enhance the sense of immersion.

After making these plans, Lu Ban began to work confidently.

The next day, Lu Ban was working in front of the computer when his cell phone vibrated.

I looked at the caller ID and it was Li Zijian.

"Is there something wrong with the hospital?"

Lu Ban was a little skeptical and answered the phone.

"What's wrong with you?"

Li Zijian was still thinking about how Lu Ban looked when he climbed out of the elevator, and asked worriedly.

"No problem, running a marathon should be easy now."

Lu Ban spoke the truth.

"That's good... It's like this. Because your previous online movie was quite popular, some reporters wanted to interview you. They couldn't find your contact information, so they found me. They are all reporters from major professional media and websites, so they probably wouldn't write nonsense."

Li Zijian said after a brief greeting.

"reporter?"

Lu Ban thought about it and wondered if today’s reporters still liked big news, but it was always good to increase some exposure. Maybe he could take the opportunity to promote his new movie.

"No problem, let them interview me!"

Lu Ban patted his chest.

Lu Ban asked Li Zijian to give his contact information to the reporter. After thinking about it, he also noted the contact email address on his video website account to avoid being unable to find the person if a sponsor wanted to make money from him in the future.

The fact that Lu Ban himself makes less money is secondary. The main issue is that the sponsor’s products cannot be promoted and are left behind, which is such a pity.

On the weekend, Lu Ban had just started the preliminary material slicing work when reporters arrived.